[mou-net] Common Ravens Flying, 9 species of sparrows at feeder! Anoka County

2009-10-16 Thread premierpets
Wow what a sparrow day I had at the same time 9 species of sparrow at my feeder it was amazing. The sparrows were as follows Juncos, Harris's, Song, Chipping, Fox, Lincoln's, White-Throated, and White-Crowned and House Sparrows I will gladly share those with any one as they will top 100 by the

[mou-net] Little blue heron

2009-08-27 Thread premierpets
At turtle lake and little blue heron is on the first dock on south side of park. Time is 1:15 pm Chris Brown Good birding to all! Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] Common Nighthawks/ Common Ravens (Anoka County)

2009-08-27 Thread premierpets
On Tuesday August 25th in the late afternoon I counted over 2000 common night hawks (most likely?part of the large flocks they seen at Hawks Ridge the day before)?at my house in Nowthen (by Elk River) and that was all in about 1 hour, I then went to my Parent's house in Andover and the whole

[mou-net] Horay and Fox Sparrow (Anoka County)

2009-03-25 Thread premierpets
Good Day To All, Well where to start, Had a fox sparrow show up yesterday and 2 today.? The Horay Redpoll is still around along with 317 Common Redpolls and that is conservative, as I took pictures and counted the birds in the still frames.? Gold and house finches just sit in the

[mou-net] Horay Redpoll (Anoka County)

2009-03-22 Thread premierpets
Well for the second time this year I had a Horay Redpoll visit my feeding station.? I was able to get better pictures this time because It stayed around all day.? Had about 75 common redpolls, and a dozen Red wing black birds all at the feeder together.? I love spring!? Also some first for

[mou-net] Hoary Redpoll (Anoka County)

2009-02-02 Thread premierpets
? Hello all, Well I have been In the Caribean This past week which I added some new birds to my life list.? But the best treat was this morning (2-2-09)I woke up and before heading off to work I looked out to the normal flock of Common Redpolls and American Goldfinches with a mixed

[mou-net] Robins (Blue Earth, Nicollet Counties) also owls and magpies (Lake of Woods County)

2008-12-30 Thread premierpets
Greetings, ??? I was down in Mankato yesterday (Dec. 29) and at 4:48 till 5:03 I sat along side north river drive where Hwy 169 and Hwy 14 meet and seen something I have never witnessed in the dead of winter. I counted conservatively 1183 robins flying over my vehicle presumably heading for